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The MoneySense Find a Qualified Advisor Tool + MORE Mar 21st
Welcome to the MoneySense Find a Qualified Advisor tool. We’ve partnered with the Financial Planning Association of Canada (FPAC) to create a directory of credentialled advisors providing financial planning and investing services across Canada. All of the advisors in our Find a Qualified Advisor t.... More »
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds provide financial support for refugees - Entertainment News - Castanet.net Feb 27th
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds provide financial support for refugees - Entertainment News Castanet.netSupporting Ukraine: Canadians opening wallets CTV NewsBlake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Promise to Match Donations to Ukrainian Refugees Up to $1 Million PEOPLERyan Re.... More »
Stock news for investors: Q4 results from Manulife, Sun Life, Air Canada, and more Feb 13th
Here’s a round-up of news for Canadian investors this week.
Manulife
Sun Life
Cineplex
Air Canada
Brookfield Corp.
Fortis
Featured RRSP Accounts
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EQ Bank
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Good habits that can help you improve your credit score + MORE Dec 31st
You probably know you should care about your credit score, but do you know why? Simply put, this three-digit number can either help or hurt you in your journey towards financial wellbeing—and it can have far-reaching effects.
Your credit score affects your chances of getting approved for a cre.... More »
This Toronto Floral Shop Is Making the Industry More Sustainable + MORE Oct 12th
Before the pandemic, May Flowers, then a two-year-old floral business, operated like many of its competitors. It focused on wedding and occasion bouquets, and its shop in Toronto’s west end functioned primarily as a depot to fulfill orders.
This past spring, right after Mother’s Day—one of.... More »
12 top personal finance books to read this summer
– moneysense.ca
For obvious reasons, a lot of personal finance and retirement books come my way and, from time to time, we’ve dedicated a particular edition of this column to a single book. This one looks at a dozen noteworthy books I’ve read lately, or plan to—most of them published in the last few years.
If you want to learn about…global macroeconomics
Let’s start with global macroeconomics, which is top-of-mind for many investors and would-be retirees these days. With central banks around the world putting their printing presses into overdrive to combat the coronavirus bear market (however brief it may have been), I suggest reading Graham Summers’ The Everything Bubble: The Endgame for Central Bank Policy, first published in 2017. It describes what the author calls “serial bubbles”—not just stocks but virtually every asset class, including fixed income and real estate. The U.S. tech bubble was $7 trillion (U.S.) in size; the subsequent U.S. housing bubble, $14 trillion; and the U…
If you want to learn about…global macroeconomics
Let’s start with global macroeconomics, which is top-of-mind for many investors and would-be retirees these days. With central banks around the world putting their printing presses into overdrive to combat the coronavirus bear market (however brief it may have been), I suggest reading Graham Summers’ The Everything Bubble: The Endgame for Central Bank Policy, first published in 2017. It describes what the author calls “serial bubbles”—not just stocks but virtually every asset class, including fixed income and real estate. The U.S. tech bubble was $7 trillion (U.S.) in size; the subsequent U.S. housing bubble, $14 trillion; and the U…
